Hibs midfielder Marvin Bartley denies threats charge

Hibs star Marvin Bartley has been accused of threatening to ruin the life of a woman he was seeing after she told his girlfriend about them, a court has heard.

The English midfielder, 30, denied making unwanted phone calls and threats to Ainsley McRae during a trial at Paisley Sheriff Court yesterday.

The court heard he told her in an “angry” and “aggressive” phone call he would try and ruin her life before adding: “Protect the people around you.”

He denies shouting and swearing at McCrae, of East Kilbride, and turning up at her Glasgow city centre workplace unannounced in January this year.

The court heard Bartley met McRae, 25, in September last year on Facebook and they began messaging.

She said he told her he’d tell his girlfriend about them but did not - prompting her to message his girlfriend via Facebook to break the news.

And the court heard Bartley turned up at McRae’s work and then phoned her on January 13 this year, once his girlfriend had been made aware of his relationship with McRae.

McRae’s work colleague David Randall gave evidence, saying he was working with her on January 13 this year when she received a call from Bartley which she took in her car using the Bluetooth feature in the vehicle.